A friend of mine sent me this beautiful email that made me really reflect today. Each word captured my sentiments and i would really love to keep them in my heart!

BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE.

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!

Our Death is our Closing Balance!

Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities Our Creative Ideas are our Assets

Heart is our Current Asset

Soul is our Fixed Asset Brain is our Fixed Deposit

Thinking is our Current Account

Achievements are our Capital Character & Morals,

our Stock-in-Trade Friends are our General Reserves

Values & Behavior are our Goodwill

Patience is our Interest

Earned Love is our Dividend

Children are our Bonus Issues

Education is Brands / Patents Knowledge is our Investment

Experience is our Premium Account

The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.

The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.

Some very Good and Very bad things ...

The most destructive habit....... .......... ......Worry

The greatest Joy......... .......... ......... ....Giving

The greatest loss.......Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work........ ........Helping others

The ugliest personality trait....... .....Selfishness Error! Filename not specified.

The most endangered species..... ....Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource.... ......... ...Our youth

The greatest 'shot in the arm'.........Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome.... .......... ...Fear

The most effective sleeping pill....... Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease...... .......Excuses

The most powerful force in life........ ........... Love

The most dangerous act....... ..A gossip

The world's most incredible computer.... ....The brain T

he worst thing to be without..... ......... ..... Hope

The deadliest weapon...... ......... ........The tongue

The two most power-filled words....... ......... 'I Can'

The greatest asset........ ........... ......... .....Faith

The most worthless emotion.... .......... ....Self- pity

The most beautiful attire...... .......... ........SMILE!

The most prized possession.. ......... ......Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication. ...Prayer

The most contagious spirit...... ......... ......Enthusiasm

Life ends; when you stop Dreaming

Hope ends; when you stop Believing

Love ends; when you stop Caring

And Friendship ends; when you stop Sharing...!!!

The American Idol Fever

I watched the finale night of the too-sensationalized american idol! I love the performance of Kris Allen but the voice and the over-all package of ADAM LAMBERT was simply vibrant! Adam was a total performer (not to mention his really--really--gorgeous eyes!). I voted for Adam because of the intense gravity he exudes when he sings and his over-the top vocals really made him powerful on stage! Adam is today and tomorrows new SUPERSTAR! believe me--even if my friends told me that he's a gay--i dont care! He was simply great! His performance gave me chills, the way he took all the high notes was unbelievable! Honestly----I want more of Adam! I believe he will go far in the music industry! Go ADAM!

CISD at Hubo Island, Magallanes

Last Friday and Saturday rich, aisa and I went to magallanes sorsogon for CISD session with the children and teens of Barangay Hubo (an island) in Magallanes, Sorsogon. Sorsogon was the hardest hit province in Bicol by Typhoon "Dante." Nearly 20 residents died in the province during the typhoon's onslaught. In the island itself, 18 residents died after a massive landslide which caught the victims in surprise (it happened at around 4 AM). With Olive, Mitch and the other staff of Green Valley Development Foundation and World Vision, we traversed the sea for 45 minutes under the heat of the sun. After which, the hard work came---we reached out to around 74 children and teens through our Citical Incident Stress Debriefing Session and a PTSD Survey Interview. The work was hard--not withstanding the heat and the intense emotion among the people but our work has proven its worth--we went home relieved to know that out of the 74 survivors, we have identified only 11 for further intervention.In the aftermath of any critical incident, psychological reactions are quite common and are fairly predictable. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) can be a valuable tool following a traumatic event.Debriefing is a specific technique designed to assist others in dealing with the physical or psychological symptoms that are generally associated with trauma exposure. Debriefing allows those involved with the incident to process the event and reflect on its impact.

In the afternoon, we left with the strong feeling that the survivors of Hubo Landslide will cope up---their stories of hope and their beautiful dreams for their family will help them conquer life again.

FiGhTiNg ThE bULLy BaTTle Part I

On Monday I will be starting with the 1st wave of my national seminar entitled: "FIGHT THE BULLY BATTLE: Workshop on Establishing Anti-Bullying Program in Schools". This session is a complete application of my book (i wrote about it in my previous entries!). I am excited and at the same time anxious! Like my other life-skills sessions, I preferred this seminar to have small number of participants to at least provide maximum venue for participation and interaction.

This interactive session will focus on Bullying---its nature and effect. Bullying in our schools should be taken very seriously. It is not a normal part of growing up and it can ruin lives. Bullying hurts and our vulnerable children need not to endure it. Being put-down, embarrassed, physically hurt or terrorized in school on a regular basis is hurtful for students at any grade or year level. Bullying can make a student feel unwanted and rejected. It is compulsory then for schools to have measures in place to encourage good behavior and respect for others and to prevent all forms of bullying.

Wish me luck!

Tidbits of Happiness!

Lately---i'm observing a bit of burnout symptoms in my workplace...getting out of work is probably one of the highlights of my day lately...maybe because I feel so loaded or maybe because I'm feeling a bit demoralized (which are purely because of human factors!)....believe me--I know that there is a way to find happiness at work—and I'm willing to look for it...again. Honestly, now--I am looking back and reflecting on what made me ultimately start working at my current job and why I love this job in the first place---at least to give me the much-needed perspective to my situation. I know that I have been achieving so much lately---but I am still asking myself--why am I feeling burnout lately?Visualizing my ideal job situation gives me an idea now of how far I need to go to reach that end result---that total job satisfaction! Like any other working psychologist---i am rsolved to thinking that the more I focus on what is wrong with my situation, the worse things actually seem. And that if I continue to focus on the bad things, these bad aspects will be the only thing I will see and feel, ultimately creating more negativity down the road....so again, I'm trying to jump again in the so called "love your job" bandwagon! Trying to be okay---trying to find little bits of happiness with my friends at work. Today--I'm a believer of the reality that there is always a way to make a bad situation better—and I'm wiling to look for it!